Submitted by: Doris Parker
Over 300 injured in clashes as thousands demand Pakistan PM resign
September 1, 2014
Police
in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, are firing tear gas as at least
25,000 people have gathered in the city center, demanding Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif's resignation. A group of protesters attempted to storm
the PM's residence.
One person died and over 400 were wounded in
clashes between police and protesters outside Sharif's home and the
parliament building, medical sources say.
Wasim Khawaja, a
spokesman for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in
Islamabad, told AFP that about 184 people have been taken to the
hospital, while the Poly Clinic hospital is treating 130 wounded
protesters.
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